Beef Recall Expanded In WA Over Salmonella

More than 12 million pounds of beef have been recalled due to concerns of Salmonella, federal officials announced Tuesday. The JBS Tolleson beef was shipped to retail stores and institutions across the country.

The Dec. 4 announcement from the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service is reportedly an expansion of the Oct. 4 recall for the same issue. The update now includes an additional 5 million pounds of raw beef products, USDA officials said.

The products were reportedly produced and packaged between July 26 and Sept. 7. Food Safety and Inspection Service officials are concerned some consumers may have some of the potentially tainted beef in their freezers and advise anyone with this beef to throw it away or return it to the store where it was bought.

The recall notice didn't specify in which states people fell ill, but a federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a case map updated as of Nov. 15, which includes Washington.

Click here to see the list of recalled meat, and here to see the list of those products' labeling.

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Story written by California Patch Editor Emily Holland, with additional reporting from Washington Patch Editor Travis Loose.